ERC Advanced Grant 2017
Research proposal [Part B2]  
(not evaluated in Step 1)

Part B2: The scientific proposal (max. 15 pages) 

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Please respect the following formatting constraints: Times New Roman, Arial or similar, at least font size 11, margins (2.0 cm side and 1.5 cm top and bottom), single line spacing. References do not count towards the page limit.

Section a. State-of-the-art and objectives

Section b. Methodology

Section c. Resources (including project costs)
(Note: State and fully justify the amount of funding considered necessary to fulfil the objectives for the duration of the project. To facilitate the assessment of resources by the panels, the use of the following budget table is strongly suggested. All eligible costs requested, should be included in the budget. Please use whole euro values only.)

Cost Category	Total in euro 	
Direct Costs	Personnel	PI		
		Senior Staff	 	
		Postdocs	 	
		Students	 	
		Other 	 	
	i. Total Direct costs for Personnel (in euro)	 	
	Travel	 	
	Equipment	 	
	Other goods and services	Consumables	 	
		Publications (including Open Access fees), dissemination activities,  etc.		
		Other (please specify)	 	
	ii. Total Other Direct Costs (in euro)	 	
A – Total Direct Costs (i + ii) (in euro)		
B – Indirect Costs (overheads) 25% of Direct Costs (in euro)	 	
C1 – Subcontracting Costs (no overheads) (in euro)		
C2 – Other Direct Costs with no overheads (in euro)	 	
Total Estimated Eligible Costs (A + B + C) (in euro)		
Total Requested Grant (in euro)		

The project cost estimation should be as accurate as possible. Significant mathematical mistakes may reflect poorly on the credibility of the budget table and the proposal overall. The evaluation panels assess the estimated costs carefully; unjustified budgets will be consequently reduced. The Total Estimated Eligible Costs and the Total Requested Grant amounts in the table MUST match those presented in the online proposal submission form, section 3 – Budget.

In case you are requesting additional funding above the normal EUR 2 500 000, fully justify your request by filling in the table below (please delete the table if not applicable). Include these costs in the above budget table.

Request for additional funding above
EUR 2 500 000 for	Justification	
Keep only that category(ies) that apply to the project.
(a) covering eligible 'start-up' costs for a PI moving from another country to the EU or an Associated Country as a consequence of receiving an ERC grant and/or, 
(b) the purchase of major equipment and/or, 
(c) access to large facilities.		

Please indicate the duration of the project in months:		
Please indicate the % of working time the PI dedicates to the project over the period of the grant:	%	

Specify briefly your commitment to the project and how much time you are willing to devote to the proposed project in the resources section. Please note that you are expected to devote at least 30% of your total working time to the ERC project.